Seven buried alive as landslide pounds house

August 23, 2001
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Kathmandu, Aug. 23 (RSS):   Seven persons inclulding Chakra Bahadur Sunuwar, 48, of Dolakha District Thulopatal VDC ward No. 5 were buried alive when their house was swept away by a landslide at 11 p.m. lastnight, according to Dolakha District Police Office.

The five year old daughter of late Sunuwar is the only survivor of the eight member family as she had gone to her materal uncle’s house.

Immediately after receiving report of the incident, a police rescue team rushed to the site of the landslide and launched a rescue operation while CDO Ramkaji Khanal and Dr. Jhalak Sharma Gautam of the health centre also reached the place of the landslide.